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The best I saw in the 7th was Trinity and Eastern. Trinity looked better than last year. Ran their offense really well and played as a team. Eastern was very athletic. They played a lot faster than last year. Didn't see Ballard but as always they will be in the mix. I think the wild card will be Male with new coach Feldhaus. The 6th is wide open. Fern Creek and Bullitt East look to be the favorites but they don't scare you. Lots of transfers in the 6th so will have to see how those teams progress.

There is very little rules followed in Jefferson Co. Kids can basically transfer every year and nothing is done. Once in a while if its a high profile transfer there may be questions raised but transfers are usually granted. Most of these transfers begin with summer basketball. Kids are playing for different teams as soon as school is out. They will be ruled eligible. The kids that transferred from private to public will get challenged.

I don't see how this series continues. This game means nothing to the kids or fans. When Mr. Basketball no longer plays and your top big man skips it shows they have moved on from the high school game. Jason Frakes tweeted a crowd of 785. How can any charity make any profit off this game. We have now lost 13 straight. I was a small part of this game in the early 90's and the crowd at Freedom Hall was close to 10,000 and at Indiana was 17,000. The community embraced this game and it had plenty of sponsors. Now I didn't even realize the game was tonight. I have seen no advertisement on this game at all. Sad but its no longer a big deal to kids.

Panther Basketball Summer Shootout June 6th New Gym Old Gym Central-Butler 10:00 Fairdale-Trinity N. Oldham-PRP 11:00 Eastern-Lex. Catholic SW Pulaski-Lafayette 12:00 Central-Fairdale Trinity-N. Oldham 1:00 Butler-Eastern Catholic-SW Pulaski 2:00 PRP-Lafayette Catholic II-N.Oldham II 3:00 SW Pulaski II-Lafayette II PRP II-Central II 4:00 Eastern II-Fairdale II N. Oldham II-Lafayette II 5:00 SW Pulaski II-Catholic II PRP III-Lafayette III 6:00 Catholic III-Eastern III PRPII-Eastern II 7:00 Central II-Fairdale II PRP III-Catholic III 8:00 Eastern III-Lafayette III June 7th Fairdale-Eastern 10:00 Cov. Cath-Central Catholic-PRP 11:00 N. Oldham-Butler Trinity-SW Pulaski 12:00 Fairdale-Cov. Cath Central-Catholic 1:00 Eastern-N. Oldham Butler-Trinity 2:00 PRP-SW Pulaski Eastern II-Catholic II 3:00 Central II-Cov. Cath II PRP II-SW Pulaski II 4:00 Fairdale II-N. Oldham II Catholic II-Central II 5:00 Eastern II-Cov. Cath II Catholic III-Butler III 6:00 Eastern III-PRP III PRP II-N. Oldham II 7:00 Fairdale II-SW Pulaski II Catholic III-PRP III 8:00 Eastern III-Butler III

Not a complete one. Sat: Fairdale vs Trinity 10am, Fairdale vs Central 12pm Sun: Fairdale vs Eastern 10am, Fairdale vs Cov Cath 12pm Only ones I have will try and find a full schedule

Games all day at PRP this Saturday and Sunday.

Not true. They conflict constantly. Football teams were playing in leagues two or three days a week and tournaments or camps on the weekends same as basketball. Some kids were playing football in the morning and basketball at night. It does make it difficult on multisport athletes.

None. Ive never really understood it. pretty much glorified two hand touch passing. Fairdale won a league defeating St. X one summer. Anyone can throw when no pressure. Throwing teams I can see getting some benefit.

I would agree. Surprised that football coaches allowed this and did not fight harder against. This is the result of the KABC and being organized. When your organized and active you become influential. However, football does get an organized spring practice. The problem was bickering over kids. 7on7 and summer league basketball. Football coaches were wanting them all summer arguing that their season is starting first. What they disregarded was if your best basketball players are on the football team and the football team makes the playoffs, Those players miss pretty much your whole preseason in basketball. The state football finals dont end til December. Not many football coaches would be happy missing their starting QB for a month. This happens to basketball. This is the argument that the KABC used.

Not an all Male school. They are 6A in football. Their enrollment is over 1600. One of the biggest schools in JCPS.

Male is a traditional school. Basically a free private school. On paper you have to come from one of three traditional middle schools. Male fills up fast with traditional kids. Recently they have not allowed many slots for non traditional kids/athletes. In the past they were. I understand Football does and basketball has recently. They have heavy invlovement with parents and boosters. Challenging school to coach at in basketball. Expectations are state titles. A big problem is they have to keep their traditional kids. Traditional middle school kids are not locked in to Male or Butler and can choose any school they want. Three solid traditional middle schoolers are at Fern Creek this year. Coach Feldhaus is coming into a different world. Kids can go anywhere they want basically. They are influenced by a lot of people including aau coaches. If he just sits in his office and takes the kids who show up he will struggle to compete with Ballard/Trinity in that region. He will have to be visible and protect his kids or they will go elsewhere. Good luck to coach Feldhaus

PRP will be adding transfers you can bet on that. Dont ever count them out. When they are down a little bit they will get players. Chris Drabo from Iroquois has already enrolled there. Expect more.

No its a great point. Three traditional kids ended up at Fern Creek. However those kids in the traditional program are kids that usually have parental influence. Those parents choose traditional and ultimately want their kids at Male or Butler. If you keep your kids you can win. Male was solid under Bryce Hibbard. He was able to keep his traditional kids.

Why is everyone turning down Male? One of the most prestiegous schools in the state. Lots of resources and with the right coach would get just about all of the top traditional kids.

Heard it on several occasions but not sure why it would be an issue. You no longer have to be a teacher to be a head coach. However, some schools only want coaches who are teachers and can be in the building. Most principals will tell you the two most important teacher/coaches in the building is the head basketball and football coach. They have major influence not only on their players but the student body. Not sure what the agreement was at Shawnee. Its just seems that some schools Shawnee and Moore cant ever have success due to administration. Moore has now had 5 coaches in the past 6 years. Something tells me there is an issue at the top.

Im hearing it was not his decision. Hearing had to do something with teaching certification.

Shawnee will never build a program. Coaching turnover every other year. Plus they are trying to make Shawnee a slect school. You have to apply to their middle school program and their aim is to keep those kids to improve academics. Shawnee hasnt cared about athletics for years. I also heard the coach was leaving due to a certification issue. He is a good coach and worked hard this past year from the beginning of the summer.

Who's the lucky guy?

The demand to get in Butler is nowhere near what it is at Male. Male fills up with all traditional kids. In the past they have made concessions for coaches to allow non traditional athletes into Male. Butler does not fill up so non traditional kids can get in pretty easy especially if they are athletes. The majority of Butler's girls athletes are catholic kids.

Goodin has won at both western and doss. Both were considered rebuilding jobs when he took them. Won district last year and left a team that would be favored and eventually win this years 6th region for KWC

Yes Goodin to Butler is the rumor. I think with him or the right choice Butler is the best job. Not just limited to traditional kids

Rumors is that Goodin turned Male down for Butler, Bibby couldnt take it this year, and now they trying to convince Renner. Havent heard anything on J-Town. Willie Feldhaus name also keeps coming up with Male

I would say the first question Renner is ask Male is how many non-traditional athletes are you going to allow me to have? They say none he say's see you. If they say as many as you want then he may take it. I still say its Centrals Bibby to turn down.

Yes. Owensboro improved all season. They kept getting better as the year went on. Some teams like Trinity peaked early and won games against good teams but stayed the same all year. Owensboro was a different team from the one I saw at this years KOB. Teams that improve all year and are playing better at the end of the season is a team that can win the state championship. Owensboro's win over Cov.Cath proved to me they can beat anybody. They had every opportunity to lose that game and found a way to win.

Talk at the state tournament about the Male job Included: Centrals Bibby, Collins Gaither, KW's KC Goodin, Westerns Terrance Moorman, Fern Creeks Schooler, and Willie Feldhaus